The lighter (hip) side of Texans coach Bill O’Brien

During his tenure with the Texans, former coach Gary Kubiak rarely allowed his personal side to show through.

New Texans coach Bill O’Brien has mostly maintained a tight face when dealing with the public and media. But O’Brien’s sarcastic humor has been on display several times since the May draft. And the coach’s eclectic taste in music has already livened up recent Texans practices.

“I think I have 350 songs on my iPod,” O’Brien said Thursday at NRG Stadium.

The player poured out early Police and Nirvana on Wednesday, while playing enough modern country and hip hop for O’Brien not come off as a rock-ist. Thursday, two Pearl Jam tracks were aired at the practice field near NRG Stadium, while everything from Rihanna and Macklemore to the Dropkick Murphys and Whitesnake were heard during the first week of OTAs.